Lockheed Martin Corp said Monday it would buy Sikorsky Aircraft, the helicopter unit of United Technologies Corp, for $9 billion, and would review the possible sale or spinoff of $6 billion in other information technology and services businesses.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong held an unprecedented meeting on July 7 in the Oval Office of the White House with President Barack Obama. Some photos of Party leader Trong's activities during the last two days of his visit to the US:

A leading local automobile company has become the official distributor of cars manufactured by Tata Motors Ltd., India's biggest automaker by revenue, in Vietnam following a cooperation pact the two announced Monday in Hanoi.